The Oxford handbook of skills and training / edited by John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, and Chris Warhurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchanan, John, 1959- editor.

Finegold, David, editor.

Mayhew, Ken, editor.

Warhurst, Christopher, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Oxford handbooks in business and management.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 737 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Other Title:

Handbook of skills and training

Skills and training

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment and management. Policy makers and managers often consider the better development of skills to be the answer to a range of practical and policy challenges. This handbook sheds new light on all the major issues concerning skills and training today.

Contents:

Disciplinary Perspectives on Skill / Jane Bryson

What is Expected of Higher Education Graduates in the 21st Century? / Martin Humburg, Rolf Van der Velden

Employer-led In-Work Training and Skill Formation: the Challenges of Multi-Varied and Contingent Phenomena / Lorna Unwin

Unions, the Skills Agenda and Workforce Development / Mark Stuart, Tony Huzzard

A Working Lifetime of Skill and Training Needs / Günther Schmid

Skill Under-utilization / D. W. Livingston

Business Strategies and Skills / David Ashton, Caroline Lloyd, Chris Warhurst

Measuring Skills Stock, Job Skills and Skills Mismatch / Alan Felstead, Duncan Gallie, Francis Green

The individual benefits of investing in skill / Craig Holmes

The economic and social benefits of skills / Irena Grugulis, Craig Holmes, Ken Mayhew

Theorising Skill Formation in the Global Economy / Hugh Lauder, Phillip Brown, David Ashton

Skill Builders: The Evolution of National Vocational Training Systems / Cathie Jo Martin

Different National Skill Systems / Gerhard Bosch

Skill Ecosystems / John Buchanan, Pauline Anderson, Gail Power

Employment Systems, Skills and Knowledge / Alice Lam, David Marsden

Skill Demands and Developments in the Advanced Economies / Caroline Smith

Approaches to Skills in the Asian Developmental States / Johnny Sung, Arwen Raddon

Emerging Economic Powers: The Transformation of the Skills Systems in China and India / Mingwei Liu, David Finegold

Projecting the Impact of IT on Work and Skills in the 2030s / Stuart W. Elliott

International Skill Flows and Migration / James Wickham

Professional Skills: Impact of Comparative Political Economy / Mari Sako

Skills and Training for the Older Population: Training the New Work Generation / Wendy Loretto, Chris Phillipson, Sarah Vickerstaff

The Changing Meaning of Skill: Still Contested, Still Important / Jonathan Payne

Rethinking Skills Development: Moving Beyond Competency-Based Training / Leesa Wheelahan

Who Pays for Skills? Differing perspectives on who should pay and why / Terence Hogarth, Lynn Gambin

Financial Constraints and Policy Implications / Ewart Keep

Skills and Training: Multiple Targets, Shifting Terrain / John Buchanan, David Finegold, Ken Mayhew, Chris Warhurst

A New Social Construction of Skill / Chris Warhurst, Chris Tilly, Mary Gatta

Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology and Management Practices / Michael J. Handel

Accreditation and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training / Gordon Stanley

Education and Qualifications as Skills / Paul Dalziel

Pre-Employment Skill Formation in Australia and Germany / John Polesel

Skill Development in Middle Level Occupations: The Role of Apprenticeship Training / Robert I. Lerman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191749810

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.